Governor Larry Hogan has appointed Sidney Allen Butcher to the District Court in Anne Arundel County, Andrew Martin Battista to the Circuit Court for Baltimore County, Kerwin Anthony Miller, Sr., to the District Court in Harford County, and Joseph Michael Stanalonis to the Circuit Court for St. Mary’s County. Read the Governor’s news release.

Maryland lawyers donated 1,160,906 hours of volunteer or pro bono legal services last year to help the state’s indigent population, an increase of 10,701 hours over the previous year, according to a new report. Read more.